Hi Jarl, To add on the previous technical reply by Stepan, my non-technical undestanding is that the 40-digit random string specification is also tied to the necessity to have as many possible combinations as requested by the Internet of Things exponential development: 16⁴⁰ = 1,461501637×10⁴⁸ uniques "hashes".
Of course, technically, it would be possible to associate a human-friendly alias to your 40-digit unique device identifier (note that the identifier is linked to your device, not to your personal identity, and this means that you should have to list on your business card a unique ID for each of your devices). You could add a private Ring directory in your business infrastructure, for instance, linking your company's desktops, cell phones, tablets, production machines, etc, and use this server as a private bootstrap server. That's not a problem, But doing so on the public Internet would, of course, compromize your privacy. Please someone, correct me if I am wrong. Ami Calmant, -- C.A. 514-276-5468|418-525-7354 ext. 110 | mob. 210 >>>> Let's unskype the Internet! :) http://ring.cx >>>> ring:6a8da1380eb39e06d76634944384022ca92da937 > De: "Stepan Salenikovich" <[email protected]> > À: "Jarl Arntzen" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Envoyé: Vendredi 25 Septembre 2015 12:45:32 > Objet: Re: [Ring] Any text string as Ring ID? > Hi Jarl, > Unfortunately no, you cannot simply change your RingID to any string. However, > once you share your RingID with someone, you can add each other to your > contacts and can then simply call each other via your contacts list. > The RingID is a hash of your public key which is part of the public/private > keypair generated on your computer when you first create your account. This > keypair is used to identify you on the Ring Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and > to > encrypt your communication. > You can find out more about public key cryptography and DHT on wikipedia: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table > And some blog posts about how Ring works here: > http://ring.cx/en/news > You can think of this inconvenience as the price of having a distributed > system > as opposed to having an account which is registered in someone's central > server. > -stepan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jarl Arntzen" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 11:51:06 AM > Subject: [Ring] Any text string as Ring ID? > Hi. > Just a quick question here: > I'm currently using Ring at home and I'm very happy with how well it performs > between my MacBook Pro and my Ubuntu Desktop insde my home. > Tried it. It worked. And I like it! > Now this is just me asking a dumb question and I have no real clue exactly how > this works at all but is it technically possible to change my own Ring ID in > any way? > Could, for example, the ID simply be my email address? > Or, could I simply enter * any * string of characters (or even my existing > phone > number) as my own ID and then just go to my other machine and enter that exact > same string and, voilà (!) get a connection? > Ring: edfec3ea3e42bd93c6231cc5add06a69719b59c2 > So, this is my Ring ID at home (call it if you want) but it's kinda hard to > put > down on a businesscard, tell my wife over the phone or even store in some > systems (because of the 40 character string length). > Thanks :) > Kind regards, > Jarl Arntzen > _______________________________________________ > Ring mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.savoirfairelinux.net/mailman/listinfo/ring > _______________________________________________ > Ring mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.savoirfairelinux.net/mailman/listinfo/ring
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